pointed
the following persons as members of the Commission:
Donald G. Agger; Will L. Clayton; Charles William Engelhard, Jr.;
George J. Feldman; Morris Forgash; Christian A. Herter; Dr. Francis
S. Hutchins; Eric Johnston; William F. Knowland; Hugh Moore; Ralph
D. Pittman, Ben Regan; David Rockefeller; Elmo B. Roper (Jr.); Mrs.
Edith S. Sampson; Adolph W. Schmidt; Oliver C. Schroeder; Burr S.
Swezey, Sr.; Alex Warden; and Douglas Wynn.
Of the 20 members of the NATO Citizens Commission, 7 are members of the
Council on Foreign Relations: Clayton, Herter, Johnston, Moore,
Rockefeller, Roper, Schmidt. Roper is President and Clayton is Vice
President of the Atlantic Union Committee. The others are generally
second-level affiliates of the CFR.
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The United World Federalists does not have as much power and influence
as Clarence Streit's Atlantic Union, but is clearly the second most
influential organization working for world government.
The specific objective of the United World Federalists is rapid
transformation (through expansion of the jurisdiction of the World
Court, establishment of an international "police force," and so on) of
the United Nations into an all-powerful world government.
The aim of the UWF organization, as expressed in its own literature (the
most revealing piece of which is a pamphlet called _Beliefs, Purposes
and Policies_) is:
"To create a world federal government with authority to enact,
interpret, and enforce world law adequate to maintain peace."
The world federal government would be,
"based upon the following principles and include the following
powers....
"Membership open to all nations without the right of secession....
World law should be enforceable directly upon individuals.... The
world government should have direct taxing power independent of
national taxation."
The UWF scheme provides for a world police force and the prohibition of
"possession by any nation of armaments and forces beyond an approved
level required for internal policing."
The UWF proposes to work toward its world government scheme,
"By making use of the amendment process of the United Nations to
transform it into such a world federal government;
"By participating in world constituent assemblies, whether of
private individuals, parliamentary or other groups seeking to
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